BONELESS MEAT

Southland Times, Issue 22378, 18 July 1934, Page 8

BONELESS MEAT

EXPORT PROHIBITION NEW ZEALAND’S CHOICE YORK OR BOBBY CALVES’ (Per United Press Association.) Hawera, July 17. A statement on the position arising out of the prohibition on the export of boneless veal and beef was made by Mr T. A. Winks, Government representative on the Meat Board, in the course of which he stated that New Zealand was faced with the necessity of choosing between the bobby calf industry and bacon and pork in considering the future development of the meat export trade. “It is commonly thought that the Meat Board sacrificed the dairy farmer in prohibiting the export of boneless beef and boneless veal,” said Mr Winks. “The position is that the Imperial Government has just wakened up to the fact that the export of meat from New Zealand exceeds the allowance under the Ottawa Agreement and has stopped the export of‘all beef until the negotiations now proceeding between the two governments are satisfactorily arranged. The Meat Board met the Dairy Board in conference last Friday and produced figures which show an alarming increase on the quantities arranged at Ottawa. The position is decidedly serious from the graziers’ point of view as well as the dairy farmers. The pork industry has increased its output by many thousands of tons and the dairy farmer may be called upon to choose between pork and boneless beef and veal for export purposes. That is one point under discussion between the Government and the Meat Board. When the negotiations are completed and the Meat Board knows what is expected of it, the board will confer with the Dairy Board’s Committee and these bodies will have to decide which is the best thing for the industry.. In the meantime it is only speculation to predict what will happen. It is no use calling the dairy farmers together until the Meat Board has further information from the Government.”